Trump's Politics causing an exodus of members from evangelical churches

[lees1975]

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2023/07/theres-exodus-from-evangelical-churches.html

"What if evangelicalism's allegiance to Trump has simply been the catalyst that gave us the courage to walk out under the stars?"--Rick Pidcock, freelance writer, graduate of Bob Jones University, Northern Seminary who counts himself as a "never attender."

There is nothing in Christian faith and practice, no supporting scripture references, no tradition or traditional teaching, no part of the gospel of Jesus Christ itself, that reconciles the political support given by conservative, Evangelical Christians to Donald Trump. Support of his candidacy and Presidency by this group, characterized by claimed belief in the inerrancy and infallibility of the Bible, leading to a literal interpretation of its content, is an inconsistency that undermines Christianity altogether, and is explainable only by the cultural influences that occur when extremist right wing politics merges, and overtakes, conservative, Evangelical faith practice.

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But, while support for Trump is abhorrent to those Christians who are taking the exit ramp from church as a result of it, that doesn't necessarily mean the political support will change. Listening to a talk show this morning, a commenter said she wasn't going to vote for Trump, but she couldn't vote for Biden, either. What that tells me is that there's a gap in the message. Nothing Biden has said or done would be contrary to someone's Christian convictions, but sometimes that has been so tightly wound up in politics that there's no separating the two.

[MOMFUDSKI]

1. When any organized religion

is divided that is a good thing as far as I am concerned

[Biophilic]

2. Thanks. Very interesting article.

[WmChris]

3. One can only hope

I hope these people finally realise their mythical hero Jesus was a liberal. Then start getting off the conservative Christian taliban hate wagon.

[Bayard]

4. "she wasn't going to vote for Trump, but she couldn't vote for Biden,"

You have to hope these people don't vote at all then. It blows my mind that they'd never vote for Biden, when he embodies more of their christian values than heathen trump ever even thought about.

[LiberalFighter]

5. I'm okay if they don't vote.

It means Trump loses a vote.

Now if they switch it to Biden it is a two vote difference.

[republianmushroom]

6. Does this mean that they are finally seeing the "light" ?

[anciano]

7. Excellent post.

The point about their religious conviction and political preference now being so interwoven as to not be inseparable is spot on.